Exam II

Question 1

Differences in political views between men and women

Answer 1

gender gap

Question 2

people who have a disproportionate amount of political power

Answer 2

elites

Question 3

middle-income people who live in cities, do not attend church, and have mostly liberal views

Answer 3

new class

Question 4

a survey technique used to ensure each person has and equal chance of being surveyed

Answer 4

random sample

Question 5

one who is conservative on both economic and personal conduct issues

Answer 5

pure concervative

Question 6

Conservative on economic issues,liberal on personal conduct issues

Answer 6

Libertarian

Question 7

Liberal on economic issues,conservative on personal conduct issues

Answer 7

Populists

Question 8

sensationalized news reporting

Answer 8

yellow journalism

Question 9

gov’t agency charged with regulating the electronic media

Answer 9

FCC

Question 10

a term used by the Framers to describe what we today call “factions”

Answer 10

Publics

Question 11

clash between new class and traditional middle class

Answer 11

cultural war

Question 12

role played by national media influencing what subjects become political issues and for how long

Answer 12

gate keeper

Question 13

a survey of public opinion

Answer 13

poll

Question 14

newspapers created,sponsored and controlled by political parties to further their interests

Answer 14

party press

Question 15

any group that seeks to influence public policy

Answer 15

interest group

Question 16

individuals or groups representing other organizations

Answer 16

institutional interests

Question 17

sense of pleasure,status,or companionship arising from group membership

Answer 17

solidarity incentive

Question 18

things,or services obtainable from interest group membership

Answer 18

material incentive

Question 19

an organization whose goals would benefit non group members

Answer 19

progressive

Question 20

Political Party founded by Thomas Jefferson

Answer 20

democratic republic

Question 21

group of reformers who were able to reduce the worst forms of political corruption within political parties

Answer 21

public interest lobby

Question 22

sense that you can understand and influence politics

Answer 22

political efficacy

Question 23

legislation that took federal employees out of machine politics

Answer 23

Hatch Act

Question 24

political party that recruits with tangible incentives and has high degree of leadership control over it’s members

Answer 24

political machine

Question 25

political party built around allegiance to a particular canidate

Answer 25

personal following

Question 26

legislation that gave women the right to vote

Answer 26

19th Amendment

Question 27

ignoring or getting irritated by messages that don’t accord with existing beliefs

Answer 27

mental tune out

Question 28

legislation making it illegal to exclude voters based on color

Answer 28

15th Amendment

Question 29

Document that is gov’t printed,of uniform size, and cast in secret

Answer 29

Australian Ballot

Question 30

time when a sharp shirt occurs in popular coalition supporting one or both parties

Answer 30

re-alignment

Question 31

Voting for one major parties candidates in state or local elections and the others at national level

Answer 31

split ticket

Question 32

realignment in 1932 where urban,southern white, northern black and Jewish voters joined together to make the Democratic party the majority party

Answer 32

New Deal Coalition

Question 33

a politician that currently holds a specific elective office

Answer 33

incumbent

Question 34

the percentage of voting-age population that votes

Answer 34

turn out

Question 35

a group of conservative fundamentalists

Answer 35

Christian Coalition

Question 36

a phenomenon where citizen simply ignore or is irritated by messages on radio and television that don’t mesh with existing beliefs

Answer 36

mental tune out

Question 37

Political Action Committee(PAC) contributions for ads supporting or opposing a candidate that are made without a candidates direction or approval

Answer 37

independent expenditures

Question 38

a means by which a house can removed a bill stalled in committee

Answer 38

discharge petition

Question 39

theory of congressional voting behavior where members make voting decisions in order to please fellow member and obtain their goodwill

Answer 39

organizational view

Question 40

plays an important role in the consideration of bills

Answer 40

rule committee

Question 41

senate rule offering means to stop a filibuster

Answer 41

cloture

Question 42

rule issued by Rules Committee that doesn’t allow a bill to be amended on the House floor

Answer 42

closed rule

Question 43

senators extending debate on a bill to prevent or delay it’s consideration

Answer 43

filibuster

Question 44

a group of moderate to conservative Democrats

Answer 44

Blue Dog

Question 45

extent which members of a party vote together in the House or Senate

Answer 45

party vote

Question 46

theory that members make voting decisions based on their perception of constituents wishes to ensure their own reelection

Answer 46

Representational view

Question 47

theory that members vote based on their own beliefs because the array of conflicting pressures on members cancel on another out

Answer 47

attitudinal view

Question 48

unrelated amendments added to a bill

Answer 48

riders

Question 49

democratic senators that assign other senators to the senate’s standing committee

Answer 49

steering committee

Question 50

someone who assists the party leader in staying abreast of the concerns and voting intentions of the party members

Answer 50

party whips